86, Taoyuan Ghost Forest

"This, big, big, adult, don't you think there is, what's wrong?"

When the fire chief heard that he was asked to be his guide, he was always very afraid, but he was afraid of death and did not dare to disobey his orders, and he was trembling all the time when he entered the valley, and his words were not good.

"You thief, this official wants you to be a guide because of his trust in you, but why are you pretending to be a ghost with this official?"

"Don't dare, my lord, look at this valley, is there anything abnormal?"

"If there is anything abnormal, you should come and hear it, dare to tease the official, and you will not be spared. Yan Zhenqing was a little impatient by this fire chief.

The fire chief was unnatural, and his body was a little distorted because of fear. Dugu Huan was very puzzled in his eyes, this valley is like a paradise, where does it come from?

The fire chief's face was like sweat and rain, his eyes were as wide as a calf, and he seemed very afraid to say the answer—his lips twitched, and his fingers trembled slightly, pointing deeper into the valley.

"Big, big, sir, you, have you ever seen winter in the mountains, yes, yes, is that so?"

After the fire chief finished speaking, he finally couldn't support it anymore, and collapsed with a pop, his face was like ash, his body was like sifting chaff, and the whole person was spasmed.

"Sheep are crazy. ”

Seeing this, a military doctor hurriedly put a piece of in his mouth to prevent him from convulsing so badly that he bit off his tongue. Then he took a knife and bleed him on his ears and fingers.

Hearing what the fire chief said, everyone suddenly woke up like a dream, and a cold feeling hit the whole body.

Oh, as soon as I entered the valley, I was attracted by this spring-like scenery and forgot the season. In the cold winter, how can there be such a place where flowers bloom in this Yan Valley?

Dugu Huan and Yan Zhenqing looked at each other, hesitating in their hearts.

"My lord—"

It was Orion's voice, and when he saw that there was a fire chief along the way talking about the situation with Yan Zhenqing and others, he walked two steps slowly and followed behind, after all, he was just a flat-headed person, and he was always a little uncomfortable following a few adults.

"Strong man, come and talk if you have something to say. Yan Zhenqing saw that Orion had taken a few steps and rushed over, so he beckoned him to come forward and speak.

"My lord, are you listening carefully, not only is it unusual from time to time here, but it is also terrifyingly quiet?"

Fang Cai marched all the way and walked without noticing, and everyone was stunned and quiet after listening to the words of the fire chief.

Listening again at this time, as Orion said, there was no sound at all. If it's really the middle of summer, the plants and trees are full of flowers, there should always be birds and insects singing, what kind of place is here, it's creepy.

"Strongman, do you know what's going on here?"

Yan Zhenqing is a Confucian righteousness, not afraid of strange forces, although the governor is treacherous, but he doesn't believe in any demonic fog. Moreover, this Orion looks very calm, and should be someone who knows the inside story.

Orion nodded, and said word by word, "This is the Ghost Forest. ”

"Ridiculous, you Diao Minxiu is scary, although there is something abnormal here, how can it be a ghost forest, maybe the grass and trees here are special. ”

Ma Xiangru is a man who is not afraid of heaven and earth, seeing that this place is a little strange, he wanted to carry a knife and gun to break in and see what the mystery is.

"Master Jun, Master Jun, don't be angry, the villain also listens to the old people, and he doesn't dare to talk nonsense. Orion saw that Ma Xiangru was angry, and hurriedly confessed.

Yan Zhenqing could see clearly, the fire chief was frightened and fell ill when he saw this strange weather, this Orion not only said the name of this valley, but also was very calm, obviously knowing more about this place.

Yan Zhenqing immediately stopped the reckless Ma Xiangru, and waved his hand to signal Orion: "Strong man, if you know the strangeness of this valley, please tell the truth." ”

Orion hugged his fist at Ma Xiangru, grinned humbly, and then turned around and told Yan Zhenqing and Dugu Huan what he had heard.

"Actually, this valley was not originally called the Ghost Forest, its original name was Taoyuan Township, and there has always been an ancient legend in this group of mountains, in the longer years, this valley has been leading to the depths of the mountains, where the four seasons are like spring, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant all year round, there are sweet springs and endless fruits and vegetables.

When King Wu conquered the world of Yin Shang, Yin Shang's former minister Guzhu Jun, that is, the princes who ruled here, was unwilling to betray Yin Shang, so he led his people to hide in the depths of this valley, probably blessed by the sky, and the entrance to this valley was filled with thick fog all year round, so that the army of the Zhou Dynasty could not enter.

Later, during a year of disaster or war, the fog at the mouth of the valley would dissipate, and the people would hide in the valley and wait for the disaster to pass. Over time, this valley became known as Taoyuan Township. ”

Taoyuan Township sounds like a beautiful place.

Dugu Huan and Yan Zhenqing looked at Orion who was immersed in beautiful legends, and couldn't help but be infected - maybe his grandfather, his grandfather's grandfather, and those old people from generation to generation were full of longing for a better world when they told this story.

"However, since it is called Taoyuan Township, why has it become a ghost forest again?" Dugu Huan was puzzled.

The Orion in the sweet dream was pulled back to reality, only to see him sigh softly, and his face showed heavy sadness.

"About three or four hundred years ago, there were several barbarians from the far north came here, they were fierce by nature, fierce in battle, accustomed to farming where the Han people were their opponents, soon the territory of the Han people was occupied by them, they rode fast horses everywhere to burn and loot, and even those newborn babies, young girls, snatched as meat to eat, they disdainfully called the Han people two-legged sheep, that is, like cattle and sheep, as their slaves, let them slaughter.

So, people once again remembered the legend of Taoyuan Township, and tens of thousands of people rushed to hide in the valley.

There were so many people from all over the country that it didn't take long for the barbarian scouts to discover the secret, and the barbarian leader arrived with an army of 100,000 and gathered outside the valley. ”

"Could it be that the barbarian army was also blocked out of the valley by the dense fog?" Yan Zhenqing asked with concern.

Yan Zhenqing asked with concern whether those dense fogs could stop the barbarian army that was killing, but the expression on Orion's face made him feel bad.

"At first, it was like this, not only in this valley, but also in the entire area at the junction of Taihang Yanshan, there was a heavy fog in the sky, and the barbarian horses searched for seven days and seven nights and did not find the entrance to Taoyuan Township, the fog became thicker and thicker, and when they saw that the barbarians were about to retreat in discouragement, one of them thought of a vicious plan - ordered people to capture twenty or thirty thousand Han people and drive them here. Hey—"

Orion paused, tears glistening in his eyes, and he couldn't bear to say any more.

"Is it because the people came, and the fog in the mountains has lifted?"

"Well, yes, the merciful mountain god of Taoyuan Township has failed to see through the poisonous plan of the treacherous villain, but, perhaps, the mountain god's heart is too kind, and he can't bear to see his people being killed, so he disperses the thick fog.

Those barbarian armies drove innocent people into the mountains, killed, burned, those murderous barbarians killed for ten days and ten nights before they killed all the people in the mountains, and the streams flowing out of the valley turned into blood, and in the end, they burned Taoyuan Township, and the whole valley became a scorched earth. ”

"What happened next?"

Yan Zhenqing pointed to the lush grass and trees not far away, and asked puzzledly.

"Later, after the fire, some of them crawled out of the corpses one by one, and Taoyuan Township couldn't stay anymore, so they came out and hid in other valleys, they are our ancestors.

They were grateful for the kindness of the mountain god, and they had been thinking about what had happened to Taoyuan Township, and when the youngest survivors were all gray, he finally decided to lead the young descendants to the mountains to have a look, so as to pay tribute to the ancestors and thank the mountain gods for their kindness.

It was here, at the mouth of this valley, that they found that Taoyuan Township had regained its former vitality, and the people were so happy that they almost trotted inside. ”

At this moment, a look of fear appeared on Orion's face, and he gritted his teeth and continued.

The people had not gone far into the mountains, and were astonished to find a sudden fog in the valley, and in the gloomy fog there was faintly the roar of wild beasts and the creaking of teeth.

The people suddenly became afraid, they knew that the dense fog was the meaning of the mountain god refusing people to enter, and the ancestors were very sad and very afraid, and they ran back and ran desperately.

Among the people who entered, there were two old men who were guides, and more than two dozen young students, but only one young man ran out.

The villagers who came to see them off saw the fog and heard a strange sound coming from the fog, and some of them rushed into the fog recklessly and never came out.

The people looked at each other until the young man ran out of the house, and saw that he was covered in mud, and when he saw the crowd he cried out—run, run, the mountain god was angry, the mountain god was angry. ”

"Did the young man later say what was going on in there?"

"No, he was crazy, he ran out not far before he fainted, the villagers carried him back to the village, and when he woke up, he went crazy, the old people said that he just talked about the demon fog all his life, the mountain god, the ghost, the beast or something, and he never got better, the old man said that he died very strangely, one day the family did not look at him, he ran away like crazy, and one of the hunters said that he saw him run into the valley, how to chase and couldn't catch up, the valley was foggy, and the madman never came out again. ”

"How can this be? I mean, Taoyuan Township was originally a place for villagers to escape disasters, but how did it become a place for murder?" Dugu Huan asked.

Orion shook his head: "How do you know this little one, it's just that the old people in ten miles and eight towns preached, saying that it was the barbarian army that burned Taoyuan Township, and the mountain god in Taoyuan Township misunderstood, thinking that it was the road led by the people, and the mountain god was angry, so he never let anyone in anymore." ”

"No one has been in since?" Yan Zhenqing asked eagerly, he was very concerned about how to enter the mountain.